The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly ...

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Sekes ^ar to a synagoge liym-selfe & • liys princez,
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Amone par awne god pat jjai aJour mighten,
And so to hys tenipyH to-teghf aU with hys tried Ereles.
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Than met ))aim in niyd way was mervale • to see, 1061
Ane hert -with a hoge heued * Jje aughfulest on erth,
Was to behald as a harrow foreheld ouer • •with tyndez
And ))an Comandez Jiaim pQ kyng • kenely to shote, 1064
Bot par was no man so nemyil pat hym hit couth.
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A ! eueii hale ! " quod alexander & an arow hyntes,
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Drogh, and at pe frist draught hym drepyd for *
euer.
Fro )ine J)an vuto fis day • Jjan is pat ilke place, 1068
The stede par J)is styffe man • strikez ]}is herf
Sagittarius for soth. men seggen • it to name.
And witt do for ))at ilke deyd ay • to pe werld lasted.
Than ayrez hym on sir alexander • to pe amonez temple,
Offers to hys awne god & honowrs hym • faire, 1073
Gyffez hym garsons^ of gold • and other gude stauez.
And held hestez hym to hete • hete-ly besekez.
Than passid he ])ine with hys princez • to siche a place
wended, 1076
Chaipho rosey we rede pe romanys • it telles
And parin fyndez pe freke fyftene • burges,
And glydand to pe grett see twelfe • gret waters.
Off ilke belde, says pe buke • barred was pe ^ates, 1080
Stoken styfly wit/iowte " -with barrez of yren.
Thare lengez pe leue kynge & • loges aH an euen,
And sacrified par eft-sones • to mony sere goddez.
The same nyght in hys slepe serapys appered, 1084
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An-other of hys grett goddez & • in a grymme forme,
Clede in a clath • of castanez colour,
And syles euen to hym-selfe & sayd hym • fees wordez
" A ! alexander, ateH'* kynge " and asperly spekys.
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And toward a myghty mountane hym myntyd • wit/i hys
fynger, 1089
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